Hackers announce zero-day flaw for Firefox
Hackers announce zero-day flaw for Firefox
Robert Vamosi Former Editor
As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets to share his knowledge about the latest online threats and to offer advice on personal and corporate security.
A flaw specific to Firefox's implementation of JavaScript could lead to a stack-overflow error. The vulnerability was announced at the Toorcon hacker conference in San Diego over the weekend and left Mozilla, the company that produces Firefox, scrambling to address the issue. Worse, the presenters, Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi, also released an exploit for the vulnerability, making it likely that someone could use that exploit for an attack against Firefox users. News.com reporter Joris Evers attended Toorcon and has more on the
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